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395:, and Geoffrey Blanford to prepare the "Challenge Paper" on global warming which examined three approaches devised by Lomborg for tackling the issue. The 3 results were then compared with 27 similar investigations, 3 each relating to 9 other 'challenges' in the areas of health and environment. Of the 30 policy alternatives that resulted, Lomborg's ranking procedure rated the 2 dealing with controlling 24: 364:". According to Tol, the old and new results were not significantly different. The degree to which the corrected, more pessimistic results alter the original conclusions and their policy implications was hotly debated. In 2015 it was reported that a second round of corrections to the paper was necessary. 359:
In 2009, Tol published a controversial paper that combined data from several earlier studies, concluding that at least some amount of global warming could lead to economic gains. In 2014, he published an update, correcting missing minus signs that had turned economic costs into benefits and adding
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of $ 20/tC would be a policy in line with estimates of the cost of carbon. He acknowledges that this level of taxation is too low to significantly discourage fossil fuel use but argues it would help to stimulate the development of fuel-saving technology and improve the competitiveness of renewable
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on the Yohe/Tol study stated that "a short time period analysis is misleading" when all the costs are incurred during the period examined but benefits continue to accrue after its conclusion. He pointed out that the study "stops short of the most that can be supported on a cost benefit basis" and
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Working Group II: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability. Tol said in March 2014 that he had withdrawn from the writing team for the Summary for Policy Makers of the report in September 2013, citing disagreement with the profile of the report which he considered too alarmist and putting too little
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later accused Lomborg of "deliberate distortion of our conclusions", adding that "as one of the authors of the Copenhagen Consensus Project's principal climate paper, I can say with certainty that Lomborg is misrepresenting our findings thanks to a highly selective memory". In a subsequent joint
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emphasis on opportunities to adapt to climate changes. On 20 May 2014 Tol claimed that the IPCC is alarmist because it favors initial scientific papers published on an issue, rather than the follow-up papers, which, he says, tend to "pooh-pooh the initial drama."
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stated that "it does not seem reasonable" to rely solely on Tol's own FUND model when alternatives "reported in the peer-reviewed literature are also credible".
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Lomborg awarded Tol a position on his Copenhagen Consensus panel again in 2009. Tol said that Lomborg "plays a useful role in the debate on climate policy".
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statement settling their differences, Lomborg and Yohe agreed that the "failure" of Lomborg's emissions reduction plan "could be traced to faulty design".
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He argues against the 2 °C 'guardrail' target for limiting temperature rises. Tol does not advocate another target, but has suggested that a
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Tol characterises his position as arguing that the economic costs of climate policy should be kept in proportion to its benefits.
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in 2005, he argued that temperature rises between 2–4 °C would also have advantages. North of a line drawn from Paris to
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The Deniers: The world-renowned scientists who stood up against global warming hysteria, political persecution, and fraud
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R.S.J. Tol (2008), The Social Cost of Carbon: Trends, Outliers and Catastrophes, Economics the E-Journal, 2008–25
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energy sources. He states that compliance may affect the coal and oil industries and the people they employ.
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in 1992 and a PhD in economics in 1997 at the VU University Amsterdam. His doctoral thesis was titled,
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Tol, Richard S. J. (January 2007). "Europe's long-term climate target: A critical evaluation".
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Handbook on Methods. for Climate Change Impact Assessment and Adaptation Strategies
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In 2007, Tol predicted a reduction in annual economic growth by 0.4% in the
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A decision-analytic treatise of the enhanced greenhouse effect
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data overlooked before; the mistakes he attributed to "
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Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change lead authors
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A major contributor to this article appears to have a
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IPCC author brands upcoming climate report 'alarmist'
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ranks him among the top 250 economists in the world.
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University of Sussex
economics of climate change
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Academia Europaea
econometrics
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Energy Modeling Forum
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